# Multi-Overlay Extension

**URL:** <https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multi-overlay-extension/13208>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multi-overlay-extension/13208 "2017-12-07T00:43:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Team\_Space\_Boots](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/team_space_boots/32/3783_2.png) [@Team\_Space\_Boots](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Team_Space_Boots)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multi-overlay-extension/13208/1 "2017-12-07T00:43:00Z")

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An extension designed to allow the use of multiple currently available and future stream overlays at once.

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**Author:** ![tf2casperr](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/tf2casperr/32/9301_2.png) [@tf2casperr](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/tf2casperr)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multi-overlay-extension/13208/2 "2017-12-07T10:02:23Z")

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There’s no way for an Extension to automatically pull in other Extensions. This would have to be a manually developed Extension i.e. someone builds an Extension with the specific features from other Extensions.

Is there any particular overlay functionality you were expecting to see in a single overlay or were you hoping to see the full suite of overlays be usable together?

Unfortunately, it’s seems a pretty purposeful decision to not allow multiple overlays at once. It’s possibly something that will change at a later date, but I can see the problems this could easily open up unless the overlays are designed specifically to not conflict.

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**Author:** ![rbartlet](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/rbartlet/32/3219_2.png) [@rbartlet](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/rbartlet)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multi-overlay-extension/13208/3 "2017-12-07T16:23:35Z")

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A framework to support multiple concurrent Extensions on top of the video player is already being worked on… 😉

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**Author:** ![Team\_Space\_Boots](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/team_space_boots/32/3783_2.png) [@Team\_Space\_Boots](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Team_Space_Boots)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multi-overlay-extension/13208/4 "2017-12-07T19:40:55Z")

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Woo hoo!!! @tf2casperr I was hoping to see the full suite of overlays be usable together. If the conflicts you are referring to are visual than I think it would have to be up to the streamer to choose a combination that doesn’t conflict.

I think using multiple video player overlays at once is inevitable and hopefully the framework that @rbartlet is talking about will allow for some customization on the placement of these overlays. I understand that the placement, size and so forth can be tricky since the player window can be all sort of sizes but it wouldn’t be impossible to provide that functionality! 😁

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**Author:** ![Amorelandra](https://d1d6mrmdu7ztse.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/amorelandra/32/5877_2.png) [@Amorelandra](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Amorelandra)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://staging-discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/multi-overlay-extension/13208/5 "2017-12-07T22:38:04Z")

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@Team_Space_Boots I think you have the right idea here! 🙂